coequal
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The documents meanwhile show that Smith was personally aware of this intrusion into a coequal branch of government.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Voters can hold incumbents accountable in elections — political scientists call this “vertical accountability” — as can coequal branches of government, which we call “horizontal accountability.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
The confrontation between two supposedly coequal branches of government has reached a critical stage.
From Salon • May 17, 2025
It also makes sense that they have a level of independence, though the president has control over them within the constraints that were designed by Congress, as a coequal branch of the government.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
In his view "the evil of two coequal Houses of distinct natures is obvious."
From Congressional Government A Study in American Politics by Wilson, Woodrow
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